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DougC
Guest
A while back there was a discussion of proper headgear while riding, and
I commented that I was pondering acquiring a western sun hat such as this-
> http://www.villagehatshop.com/sunbody_gus.html
.....because the only reason I have found I needed a helmet anymore is to
prevent sunburns at the hairline, or where the sweatband rubs off the
sunscreen on my forehead.
When I dared to post my aspirations, some doubted the practicality of
such costume for the activity at hand.
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Behold!! -a screen shot of a page from the Challenge website:
http://www.norcom2000.com/users/dcimper/assorted/inanities/recumbent/general/stuff/common.html
alternate if above gets mangled:
http://tinyurl.com/2nkdlr
(I had to use a screenshot, because the top image starts randomly and
then rotates through a selection each time you refresh the page)
Note our two intrepid riders, wearing very-obviously-non-bicycling hats.
Shockingly enough-
One has even taken off their helmet, in order to wear their hat (I
should post this to the cycling advocacy board at BikeForums, just to
see all the ninnies go into pissy-fits).
PLUS,
they are riding on the wrong side of the road!!!
PLUS PLUS,
the rider on the right may very well be riding NAKED, what with all the
clothing draped over the rear pack. There's no frontal shot in the mix,
so perhaps we may never know.
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What with this latest development, I plan to resume with my
alternate-headgear riding aspirations (-as for the riding naked thing, I
would first need to find and buy another much smaller hat-).
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I commented that I was pondering acquiring a western sun hat such as this-
> http://www.villagehatshop.com/sunbody_gus.html
.....because the only reason I have found I needed a helmet anymore is to
prevent sunburns at the hairline, or where the sweatband rubs off the
sunscreen on my forehead.
When I dared to post my aspirations, some doubted the practicality of
such costume for the activity at hand.
---------
Behold!! -a screen shot of a page from the Challenge website:
http://www.norcom2000.com/users/dcimper/assorted/inanities/recumbent/general/stuff/common.html
alternate if above gets mangled:
http://tinyurl.com/2nkdlr
(I had to use a screenshot, because the top image starts randomly and
then rotates through a selection each time you refresh the page)
Note our two intrepid riders, wearing very-obviously-non-bicycling hats.
Shockingly enough-
One has even taken off their helmet, in order to wear their hat (I
should post this to the cycling advocacy board at BikeForums, just to
see all the ninnies go into pissy-fits).
PLUS,
they are riding on the wrong side of the road!!!
PLUS PLUS,
the rider on the right may very well be riding NAKED, what with all the
clothing draped over the rear pack. There's no frontal shot in the mix,
so perhaps we may never know.
--------
What with this latest development, I plan to resume with my
alternate-headgear riding aspirations (-as for the riding naked thing, I
would first need to find and buy another much smaller hat-).
~